apples

Bioengineered potatoes that bruise less, and apples that don’t brown as quickly, took a major step toward US grocery store shelves this month. On March 20, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared six GE potatoes and three GE apples “as safe and nutritious as their conventional counterparts.”

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